Flora’s Guide to a Second Chance at Love and Life

The host finished speaking, and the announcer's voice chimed in: "Next up, please welcome the dance performance by the third-year Medical Department class."

"Didn't you all just do a group dance? Find someone who's good at it to go on stage," the host said, clearly anxious.

Good or not, they couldn't leave the stage empty.

Eilies was in a panic. The background music had to be preloaded onto the computer, and finding someone at the last minute to perform with the original music was impossible. No one else knew the dance Cynthia was supposed to do.

They couldn't possibly go without music... That would be beyond awkward.

No one was stepping up, and the crowd was starting to murmur. The faculty members exchanged puzzled looks, not sure what was going on.

"I'll go on stage. You go find the sound engineer and tell him to cut the music," Flora said decisively, heading towards the entrance.

stage. She didn't have time to think and quickly did as Flora asked, telling the sound engineer to

there?" Cynthia whispered, peeking from behind the curtain with wide eyes.

was no time to cancel. Flora stepped

you instead!" Cynthia exclaimed. Flora's dancing was pretty average-nothing spectacular, she just didn't make mistakes. In a group dance, she could blend in,

couldn't even imagine what it would look like. She silently prayed it wouldn't be a disaster. Even if it was, she'd still cheer for Flora. After all, Flora was

on stage. Flora's reputation at the University of Maple Grove

Flora's reputation wasn't exactly stellar. Top of her class nationally, but also a notorious troublemaker who'd send people to the hospital over

The crowd was a mix of horrified and intrigued, with a

his chin on his hand, watching with interest. This evening

and the other teachers watched curiously, eager